Another way to die on the radio this morning
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Hi all, quick heads up that after 10am this morning on BBC Radio 1 during Jo Whileys programme, there'll be the first play of Another Way to die.
There'll be a chance to listen again here
www.bbc.co.uk/radio1
I'll be listening and I'll get the time and post it here.
Duncan
There'll be a chance to listen again here
www.bbc.co.uk/radio1
I'll be listening and I'll get the time and post it here.
Duncan
Comments
Please do Duncan post the time it's played; that will save me the nausea I always get when I listen to Jo Whiley...
@merseytart
Now I've heard this in full, I really like this alot. It' definately going to split the fans though.
Duncan
I think when all the pieces are together, and you hear it with the titles it will work, however, it is very different...
But I :x it...:007)
I've heard it once and it sounds like a mess not a theme.
As said above it's was on just before 11am so 55mins into the show.
James Bond theme gets first play
Jack White and Alicia Keys' theme for the new James Bond movie has had its first airplay.
Radio 1 DJ Jo Whiley debuted Another Way To Die on her morning show. The track will feature in Quantum of Solace which is out on 31 October.
The song, which is the 22nd Bond theme, is driven by White's trademark fuzzy guitar riffs and thunderous drum rolls.
The pair were announced to score the track in July despite Amy Winehouse being hotly tipped for the role.
The track sees the singer trading vocals with Keys over a horn section with White singing: "Another blinger with the slick trigger finger for Her Majesty."
Keys responds with: "Another one with the golden tongue poisoning your fantasy."
Fans had already heard part of the track after it was used by Coca Cola in an advert for Coke Zero, which has rebranded Coke Zero Zero 7 to tie in with the movie. However, White's management distanced the singer from the advert.
The announcement that White and Alicia Keys were to do the Bond theme came out of the blue after it was confirmed Winehouse would not be recording a song.
Her producer Mark Ronson said the sessions for the track had been scrapped.
Jack White and Alicia Keys join a long list of stars who have recorded Bond themes in the past including Madonna, Shirley Bassey, Duran Duran and Paul McCartney.
Former Soundgarden and Audioslave singer Chris Cornell sang the song You Know My Name for the last 007 movie, 2006's Casino Royale.
Reaction to the track from fans has been mixed.
Writing on Newsbeat's Have Your Say debate, Mike from Brighton said: "This is in no way a decent Bond theme. It lacks that certain epic quality that a theme should have."
Others argued that Amy Winehouse would have been a better choice.
Sharky from Liverpool added: "She (Winehouse) has a voice to boom out the theme in the way Dame Shirley Bassey did with Goldfinger."
Others praised the song. Wes from Wolverhampton said: "On first listen it sounds good. It's more low-key and a bit dirtier sounding than the last Bond tune, which was a more in-your-face affair. If it reflects the plot then I'm sure we're in for a great film."
Roger Moore 1927-2017
I expect they said it sounds like a mess not a theme
Nasty, brash, unsophisticated…completely out of context with the whole Bond ethos. Lacks in any way, shape or form style or refinement. Bond's been brought to the Cathouse Club on a Saturday night with black finger nails and eyeliner.
http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?forumID=5359&edition=1&ttl=20080918125258
It doesn't sound as classy or emotional as I anticipate Forster's film to be.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
What does it mean?
well my interpretation is that the "blinger" is "good looking Bond" with a slick trigger finger, as in, good at shooting guns, and "for her majesty" is the fact he is working for M16....I actaully quite like that line.
Sound more like treason to me. You can't do that to the Queen even if you're Bond
Roger Moore 1927-2017
'Another ringer' isn't it?
I can't be sure; I'll give it another listen. For me it's all about how it sounds, and I quite like it
The vocals are appalling as far as I can tell. I don't think I would ever listen to this song for the pleasure of it.
With all the talented artists that were attempting to land this, this was the best?
BTW, I looked up the lyrics and the site which I found incorrectly reported the first line as 'I know the player with the slick trigger finger for Her Majesty.' It took me a while to work out that the site which I looked up for the lyrics wasn't exactly accurate.
I didn't think the song was too bad. But the delivery was rather poor. It needs someone who can actually sing to put some darkness and power into it. Otherwise, it just sounds a bit - well - wishy-washy really.
Maybe it'll get rocked up for the soundtrack.
I know the player with the slick trigger finger for Her Majesty
Another one with the golden tone voice and then your fantasy
Another bill from a killer turned a thrill into a tragedy
A door left open
A woman walking by
A drop in the water
A look in the eye
A phone on the table
A man on your side
Someone that you think that you can trust is just
Another way to die
Another tricky little gun giving solace to the one that will never see the sunshine
Another inch of your life sacrificed for your brother in the nick of time
Another dirty money, heaven sent honey turning on a dime
A door left open
A woman walking by
A drop in the water
A look in the eye
A phone on the table
A man on your side
Someone that you think that you can trust is just
Another way to die
They miss out the weird R'n'B style wailing/shouting at 2:30. I see Bond sacrifices for his "brother". Is that like his homey? 8-)
It sounds rushed, unfinished. Like a first draft really. I like the general riff, but the execution is pretty weak. Needs a different voice, and tweaks.
Solace! Solace!!! Oooh!
And btw, love your gangsta speak Moonie
@merseytart